RPC III, 3132

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3132
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes)
Issue Year 3
Dating AD 100/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ ΕΤ Γ
Edition ἐπὶ Βάσσου ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation under Bassus, year 3
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.30 g
Axis 12
Reference S 235; Marthaler 49; Stumpf 444, Ganschow 149
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 379 Stumpf Tf. XV, 3
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 233
4 4     Savoca Live Online Auction 11, 18 Dec. 2016, lot 458
5 5     R. Effler coll. (ex Zeus 9, 2020, lot 556)
6 6     ✸ Henseler 240A (ex Roma Numismatics EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 635 = VAuctions Pars Coin Sale 11, 21 Dec. 2020, lot 129)
7 7     Leeds-UL: 994
8 8     Henseler 240B (ex Demos 8, 19 Mar. 2022, lot 563 (Titus))